Antonyms for octopus
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : ok-tuh-puh s |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒk tə pəs |
Definition of octopus
Origin :- 1758, genus name of a type of eight-armed cephalopod mollusks, from Greek oktopous, literally "eight-footed," from okto "eight" (see eight) + pous "foot" (see foot (n.)). Proper plural is octopodes, though octopuses probably works better in English. Octopi is from mistaken assumption that -us in this word is the Latin noun ending that takes -i in plural.
- As in corporation : noun business organization, usually large
- It was only at the hotel with Pre Batifoul that I learnt about the octopus.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- Not until she was elbow deep in suds did she recall her dreams about the octopus.
- Extract from : « Weak on Square Roots » by Russell Burton
- The squid is a very small edition of the giant devilfish or octopus.
- Extract from : « The Harbor of Doubt » by Frank Williams
- No octopus, no matter what proportions, filled the description.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 » by Various
- And so far, getting along with Russia was like trying to get along with an octopus.
- Extract from : « Slingshot » by Irving W. Lande
- I have in mind especially the influence of the octopus and the cow.
- Extract from : « The Evolution of the Dragon » by G. Elliot Smith
- Thus there can be no doubt of the identification of this American Aphrodite and the octopus.
- Extract from : « The Evolution of the Dragon » by G. Elliot Smith
- The weapon seemed to be a conventionalization of the octopus.
- Extract from : « The Evolution of the Dragon » by G. Elliot Smith
- A little devil in the shape of an octopus was in Tene-napa's brain.
- Extract from : « The Ebbing Of The Tide » by Louis Becke
- Undoubtedly an octopus,” said Mr Temple; “that is its habit.
- Extract from : « Menhardoc » by George Manville Fenn
Synonyms for octopus
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